3-D printed splints help infants with airway disorder (MedPageToday)
3-D medical printing is proving its utility again. This time, 3-D printed custom airway splint devices designed to fit the anatomy of children with an often fatal airway disease could cure tracheobronchomalacia. A clinical trial is planned.

The great American kidney swap (The New York Times Magazine)
Waiting for a donated organ is a long shot, and buying one is illegal. But sophisticated software, combined with old-fashioned selflessness, could be a solution.

Malaria vaccine found effective in infants, young children (MedPageToday)
The malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 was associated with preventing a greater proportion of malaria cases in infants and young children compared with control vaccines, according to the results of a phase III clinical trial.